Essays. . . .

Janus-Faced Optimism: America’s Inaugural Poetry (click to read ye good fellow)

Poet’s State of the Union: Review of Tony Hoagland’s Application for Release from the Dream (click to read dear pal)

Charles Simic’s “American Noir” (click to read my friend)

American Poetry: Vietnam and Today (click to look)

Poets’ State of the Union: Adrienne Rich and Erin Belieu (download below, reprinted from The Broadkill Review)